About Joe Simon

  • Biography

    Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist:

    "Joe Simon, a Creator of Captain America, Is Dead at 98"
    By BRUCE WEBER
    Published: December 15, 2011

    Joe Simon, a writer, editor and illustrator of comic books who was a co-creator of the superhero Captain America, conceived out of a patriotic impulse as war was roiling Europe, died on Wednesday at his home in Manhattan. He was 98.

    His death was confirmed by Steve Saffel, an editor at Titan Books, which published Mr. Simon's autobiography this year.

    During the so-called golden age of comics, the 1930s and '40s, Mr. Simon created or helped create dozens of characters near and dear to the memories of comic book aficionados. The Guardian, the Newsboy L...

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